UNFRIENDLY RYDER

[Desert Spyder]

What were you wearing? :dontknow:
:yikes:

Lamont: Cargo shorts, Laughlin run t-shirt, sneakers ... not my spyderman pajamas. He was wearing shorts also. Donna: he was avoiding me.

Note to all: we are a small community nestled with the motorcycle world. One Adam Henry on our bikes can cause a lot of damage.

 

[Eddie]

I travel up and down the eastern seaboard and I've never met an unfriendly spyder rider. As a matter of fact I have found when you are riding a spyder everyone wants to talk with you and look over your machine. /Ken krb1945

+ 1 "except for nojokeI am yet to meet another Spyder rider around here." No One and I mean NO ONE gives me a hard way on my Spyder. I even had a guy on a red H.D. Street glide wave me down just to ask about the Spyder. How many got the welcome package in the mail with the cards to pass out?? They said I would be getting stopped by lots of folks.Just hand them a card. Hey it works

 

[pierrelogic]

He probably stole it! :yikes:

The only unfreindlies I have met are on Harley's.. Al the crotch rockets dig the Spyder so far...:2thumbs:hyea:

:agree:

Only a few Harley riders have not given me the sign when I pass by. Only Harley's tho, everyone else reciprocates. I think the crotch rocket riders are impressed when I'm taking a very agressive turn with a full lean and can still give them the sign.

 

[Desert Spyder]

I got the finger from a crotcher while ryding the 2 Fwy to the owners rally in LA last year. Just swooshed up behind me and said "hello".

 

[fastfraser]

The only unfreindlies I have met are on Harley's.. Al the crotch rockets dig the Spyder so far...:2thumbs:hyea:[/QUOTE]


:agree:+10 Not all but quite a few, its like their exhaust doesn't smell !

 

[murphybrown]

My first reaction when I read this was...who cares....I have a responsibility to be friendly IF I CHOOSE...where in the SPYDER handbook does it say I have to be any certain way? I learned that putting expectations, of any kind, on another is just setting myself up for disappointment and frustration. This is a fine example of how much negative control and energy was given to a fellow Spyder Ryder who for whatever reason was just being himself...

 

[SpyderWolf]

People are still people no matter what they may ride or ryde on the road.

I have mostly great experiences answering questions at gas stations, being flagged down by other riders. All types of riders have approached me with questions about my Spyder, but I have also been snubbed by quite a few as well. That is just the way life is.

I choose to be freindly to others while on my Spyder, and it helps that ryding the Spyder puts me in a good mood.

I cannot control what others think or feel, and if they don't want to be friendly I am sure I will run across 20 more who will be. :thumbup:

 

[Sarge707]

One guy in a car gave me a BIG thumbs down.
A green truck on Route 8 strayed 3-4 feet into my lane?:cus:
Young people on sport bikes respond way more than Harley Dudes?:roflblack:
I don,t wave -- " I nod my head once!"nojoke

 

[dewie]

sad, I know I would pull over but I can totally understand why he wouldn't. Maybe he was scared, I know I know, but don't blow up on the forums. I maybe unfriendly cause I don't wave.... but I am paralized and need to keep my hands on the bars. so when someone is unfriendly there might ne a reason.

 

[Desert Spyder]

.... but I am paralized and need to keep my hands on the bars. so when someone is unfriendly there might ne a reason.

Not only would I wave to you ... I would salute you.

 

[Tom in NM]

Hmmmmm . . . .

. . . . . he could have been a tech testing out the bike for delivery.

Are you sure you were not in your Spider Pajamas? :roflblack:

Tom

 

[Desert Spyder]

. . . . . he could have been a tech testing out the bike for delivery.

Are you sure you were not in your Spider Pajamas? :roflblack:

Tom

Ha! I wish I was. Actually, I would look pretty close to my avatar. Now that would scare the hell out of anybody.

 

[NancysToy]

I have never seen an unfriendly Spyder ride, but I have seldom tried to pull one over, either. Remember, we here on SpyderLovers are social creatures, but not everyone is the same. Besides, we all have to admit to the Spyder being responsible for putting us behind schedule quite often. Maybe the other rider just had someplace to go...and was just delayed 15 extra minutes at his last gas stop. :roflblack:

I wave (or raise a finger, or nod) to all bikers. It is a long-standing show of respect. Back in the Fifties and Sixties (and before) there were relatively few bikers, and it showed that you recognized the common link. I don't care if others wave back, although I am always pleased. The important thing is that I feel good for having showed the respect that I felt someone else was due.

 

[ThreeWheels]

Why are you so upset about it?

For me, it's very much situational. I'll wave to the occasional biker on the back roads. Bicyclists, and scooters as well as police cruisers.
I don't wave across a divided highway or in traffic.
And I've kind of given up waving on Sunday rides during the summer. If I waved at every bike I passed on the Mohawk Trail, I'd spend more time waving than riding. That seems like a safety hazard to me.
Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

 

[jabba11]

mechanic test ride maybe

 

[Questions]

when i get on my spyder a grin happens....SO, i wave at all the riders out there... if they wave back GOOD,, if not, their problem....Ride and be happy...

 

[IWN2RYD]

Allow me to clarify my post a tiny bit... I too do not care if I get waves or not. I will still do it as often as safety is not an issue.

I can say that I made an attempt to say hello to a group of Harley riders fueling up (About 30 of them) and the overwhelming response and feel I got from them during our small conversation... My wife and I are not motorcyclist. We are the new Yuppies of the motorcycle world. Not worthy of their time.

Another time, at a Harley store as my wife and I looked for some gear, the store employee actually asked us why we had been in his store, that we should go to Sears or Montgomery Wards to find our gear!!! Monkey Wards!!! How long ago did they go belly up!

Oh well. Life goes on. We will always find lovers and haters in every walk of life. That is what makes it all work and easy to identify those we are willing to give a helping hand to :yes: